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Sometimes people care more about what they love than they do about whether they can support themselves with it. Please don't assume every person passionate abou
by unalone 17y ago
Sometimes people care more about what they love than they do about whether they can support themselves with it. Please don't assume every person passionate about the arts is spoiled and rich.
- gaius 17y agoDepends what you mean. There's work around for graphic designers and musicians. The only job in art history is, umm, teaching art history.
- unalone 17y agoAs I said: Some people care more about the learning than they do about the job. I've got art history major friends. They know there's not much work to be found there, but they're in it anyway, finances be damned, because they love art history and that's what they want to learn. College isn't about getting jobs. That's how it's used now, and that sorta sucks. College is about learning things you couldn't learn better elsewhere. So they're going to learn art history because they really want to know about art history, not because they're trying to make shitloads of money.
- gaius 17y agoSo what are these kids complaining about? They didn't want to make money, now they're not making money! By their own definition, they've got successful careers already!
- unalone 17y agoThe point the OP was making was: You can't lump together all college students when writing an article like this, because not all college students are going to college to get high-powered jobs. College has never been about merely finding employment. It would therefore be more interesting to look at only business-inclined majors when studying something like this, because art history majors, say, haven't ever had a long tradition of finding employment after college.
- gaius 17y agoI wouldn't call science and engineering "high powered jobs", but the truth is there are only two choices at college: learn to do something people will pay you for, or pursue your hobby full-time for a few years. Some people are able to combine the two successfully and of course that's the ideal. But the hobbyists have no grounds for complaining that they're unemployable. It was never a secret that people without useful skills aren't in great demand.
- unalone 17y agoYou're missing what I'm saying, and what the point of the original post you replied to was saying. We know what you're saying right now, but that's why this article wasn't as interesting as it could have been if it only surveyed people who were learning profitable trades. I also dislike the snarky tone you take when referring to "people without useful skills", but that's secondary to the main argument.